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AGXX40 KNHC 180721
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST THU FEB 18 2010

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES OVER SE TEXAS WATERS HAS RIDGE ALONG 30N KEEPING MOST 
PLEASANT MODERATE BREEZE ACROSS ENTIRE GULF.  SEAS IN WRN BAY OF 
CAMPECHE REMAIN AT 8 FT DUE TO LINGERING NE SWELLS WHICH ARE 
EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TODAY.  OTHERWISE AS THE HIGH PRES 1022 MB 
SLIDES E...FRESH SE RETURN FLOW BREEZE PICKS UP W OF 95W FRI AND 
SAT AS WEAK COLD FRONT ENTER NW GULF LATE SUN.  COLD FRONT REACH 
FROM 29N83W TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE MON.
  
CARIBBEAN SEA...
STATIONARY FRONT FROM NW HAITI TO 12N82W BRINGS SWATH OF FRESH 
N-NE BREEZE JUST W OF ITS BOUNDARY.  FRONT BECOMES DIFFUSE FRI 
AND DISSIPATES SAT.  HIGH PRES BUILDING N OF REGION TIGHTENS 
PRES GRADIENT WITH 1006 MB LOW PRES OVER COLOMBIA MAINTAINING 
STRONG NE-E FLOW MAINLY S OF 14N FROM 70W-78W.  GRADIENT EASES 
MON AS HIGH PRES CONTINUES MOVING EASTWARD.

SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL ATLC W OF 55W...
COLD FRONT EXTEND FROM 24N65W TO 19N69W.  STRONG W-NW WINDS W OF 
FRONT N OF 25N WITH SEAS 14 FT BUILDING TO 19 FT AS SWELL TRAINS 
SPREAD E.  SE OF FRONT...MODERATE TO FRESH BREEZE WITH SLIGHT 
SEAS GIVE WAY TO FRESH NW BREEZE AND SEAS TO 9 FT IN NW SWELL 
THROUGH SAT.  FRONT SCRAPES N PART OF TROPICAL ATLC BY LATE SUN 
BUT SWELLS NOT EXPECTED TO BRING SEAS ANYWHERE ABOVE 8 FT. 

HIGH PRES CENTER 1019 MB TAKES OVER BASIN BEHIND FRONT AND 
DIMINISHES WIND AND SEAS TILL LATE MON WHEN SECOND COLD FRONT 
ENTERS NW CORNER WITH STRONG SW WINDS N OF 27N.
 
WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.
 
CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES